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Filmography Omar Sy

Omar Sy (born 20 January 1978) is a French film actor, best known for his duo with Fred Testot, Omar et Fred, and for his role in The Intouchables, written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, which became the second highest grossing French film of all time in the French box office. He received the César Award for Best Actor on 24 February 2012 for his role in The Intouchables and in doing so also became the first black actor to win the honorary French award. The role also earned him a nomination for a Satellite Award for Best Actor. 
 
Sy was born in Trappes, France. His father is Senegalese and his mother is from Mauritania.

Filmography Omar Sy

Yao - Drama
March 2019

Yao

Drama Directed by: Philippe GodeauWith: Omar SyFrom his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue... Read more...
Inferno - Thriller
October 2016

Inferno

Thriller Directed by: Ron HowardWith: Tom Hanks, Omar Sy, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster,...Academy Award® winner Ron Howard returns to direct the latest bestseller in Dan Brown's (Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno, which finds the famous symbologist (again played by Tom Hanks) on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an... Read more...
Angry Birds - Animation (modern)
May 2016

Angry Birds

Animation (modern) Directed by: Clay Kaytis & Fergal ReillyWith: Omar Sy & Audrey LamyThe movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds - or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We're the Millers, Horrible Bosses), a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen), and the volatile Bomb (Danny... Read more...
Adam Jones - Drama
December 2015

Adam Jones

Drama Directed by: John WellsWith: Bradley Cooper, Emma Thompson, Sienna Miller,...Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all - and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his... Read more...

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